List of cities in Yemen

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City view of Sana'a
Old town of Aden below the crater
al-Hajara
Taizz
Djibla
al-Mahwit

This is a list of cities in Yemen .

By far the largest agglomeration in Yemen is Sana'a with a population of 2,686,376 (as of January 1, 2005). This means that 14 percent of the country's people live in the capital region.

The following table contains the cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, their names in German transcription and in Arabic, the results of the census of December 16, 1994 and an estimate for January 1, 2005. The higher-level administrative unit (Gouvernement) is also listed to which the city belongs. The capital Sana'a is independent and does not belong to any governorate. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.

Cities in Yemen
rank Surname Residents Administrative unit
transcription Arabic 1994 census 2005 estimate
1. Sanaa صنعاء 954.448 2,431,649 Sanaa city
2. Taizz تعز 317,571 596,672 Ta'izz
3. al-Huddaida الحديدة 298,452 548.433 al-Huddaida
4th Aden عدن 398.294 507.355 Aden
5. Ibb إب 103.312 225,611 Ibb
6th Dhamar ذمار 82,920 160.114 Dhamar
7th al-Mukalla المكلا 122,359 144.137 Hadramaut
8th. Zindschibar زنجبار 50,346 70,801 Abyan
9. Sayyan سيان 58,383 69.993 Sanaa
10. Turbbah التربة 152.486 Ta'izz
11. asch-Schihr الشحر 48,577 68,313 Hadramaut
12. Sahar سحار 27,621 60,487 Sanaa
13. Tarim تريم 47,674 57.093 Hadramaut
14th Zabid زبيد 44,239 50,781 al-Huddaida
15th Hajjah حجة 24,645 46,568 Hajjah
16. Badschil باجل 40,561 46.005 al-Huddaida
17th Dhi as-Sufal ذي سفال 31,963 44,949 Ibb
18th Rada'a رداع 39,227 44,755 Baida '
19th al-Hajara الحجرة 44,755 Sanaa
20th Bait al-Faqih بيت الفقيه 43,938 al-Huddaida
21st al-Marawi'a المراوعة 30.504 39,911 al-Huddaida
22nd Yarīm يريم 27.802 34,805 Ibb
23. al-Baida ' البيضاء 19,294 33,175 al-Baida '
24. ʿAmrān عمران 28,212 31,497 Sanaa
25th Lahij لحج 19.006 26,728 Lahij
26th Section عبس 18,320 25,763 Hajjah
27. Harad حرض 15,710 22.093 Hajjah
28. Dimnat Chadir دمنت خدير 15,651 22,010 Ta'izz
29 ʿAtaq عتق 13,995 19,681 Shabwa
30th al-Mahabisha المحابشة 12,918 18,166 Hajjah
31. Baihan al-Kisab بيحان 12,685 17,839 Shabwa
32. Ma'rib مأرب 6,996 16,794 Ma'rib
33. Thula ثلاء 11,564 16,262 ʿAmrān
34. as-Saidiyya الزيدية 13,912 16,246 al-Huddaida
35. Madiyya مودية 11,071 15,569 Abyan
36. Chamr خمر 10,903 15,333 ʿAmrān
37. Raida ريضه 13,971 15,311 ʿAmrān
38. Shark حيس 10,678 15,016 Ta'izz
39. ad-Dahi الضحى 10,496 14,760 al-Huddaida
40. al-Mucha المخا 10,355 14,562 Ta'izz
41. Djibla جبلة 13,361 Ibb
42. al-Ghaida الغيضة 7,785 13,987 al-Mahra
43. al-Mahwit الماحويت 9,060 10,593 al-Mahwit

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